A Little Pretty Pocket-book/Hop-Hat

by John Newbery

Hop-Hat.

O'er this Hat, and that,
⁠Boys hop to the last;
Which once in their Mouths,
⁠Behind them is cast.

Moral.

Thus Men often struggle,
⁠Some Bliss to obtain;
Which, once in their Pow'r,
⁠They treat with Disdain.